Design and Display

The Huawei GR5 (2017) sports an average design, with no specific standouts.

Viewing on the smartphone is done on a 5.5-inch screen with a full HD LCD display panel, which is not a bad option for an affordable mid-range device. Even though comparison cannot be made with high-end smartphones, a 1920 X 1080 pixels display with a pixel density of 401 ppi is a decent offering.

Battery and Camera

You don’t have much in terms of battery capacity but there is enough for at least a day of use. Coming with a 3,340mAh battery, its longevity depends on how power conserving the smartphone is. However, it lacks the quick charging seen in some more premium smartphones.

Joining the league of dual rear camera smartphones, the Huawei GR5 (2017) is armed with a 12MP and 2MP camera on the rear side. Selfies are handled by an 8MP camera situated up front.

Hardware and Software

Looking at the hardware here, you have Huawei’s Kirin chipset alongside other decent features. There is an HiSilicon Kirin 655 processor with eight cores, 4 running at 1.7GHz and the other at 2.1GHz. In addition to this, the smartphone sports a Mali-T830 MP2 for graphics related issues.

Also, the smartphone comes in two variants depending on the built-in storage and memory. On one hand, you have a 3GB RAM and a 32GB ROM, there is also 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The storage expansion limit is 256GB using a memory card. You have the EMUI 5.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Pricing and Availability

The smartphone is available for sale in various online stores and smartphone retail outlets for about 85, 000 naira.